<p>How good do i have to be recruited by colleges like Duke?</p>
<p>im a miler</p>
<p>If you are not at the national level it probably doesnt matter, becuae they will not want you.
If you can get seen/recruited by Duke they also care about your grades and sats.</p>
<p>Give me some times and I'll tell you.</p>
<p>iammike,</p>
<p>You can look at Duke's web site to see who has been "recruited" for track for the last few years. Keep in mind that Duke is Division I, but gives no scholarship money for track. ACC is a very competitive league.</p>
<p>However, because Duke does not offer scholarships for track, they do not have a very strong team overall. If you are able to get in to Duke without track, it may be possible to join the team as a walk-on and still compete in Division I.</p>
<p>Hi iammike ... 1sokkermom gave some good advice. </p>
<p>Your ability as a miler can help you 3 ways ... your success in HS can be hook to help get you admitted, you may be good enough they would like you to be on their team, you may be good enough to get scholarship offers. </p>
<p>The hook is shown by commitment and some achievement. I was a (lower end) all state miler and DIII schools loved me and lower end DI schools were interested in my joining their teams (but no paid recruiting and certainly no scholarships). There are few track scholarships (those schools that do have track scholarships tend to split them among many athletes) ... so to get a scholarship as a miler you probably need to be near national class (those few scholarships cover all events so in any one event you need to be very-very good). </p>
<p>I do not know the specifics about Duke but as 1sokkermom suggested viewing the rosters of current team members can give a lot insight into the level of performace varous schools expect (and the bios often list HS times)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Iammike, what is your mile time? You can PM me if you want. S is also looking at Duke and is a cross country and track runner. Duke does not have a particularly strong team and I know of a runner with a 4:34 who was contacted multiple times by the coach. I also know a runner who was recruited two years ago (and is at Duke) who ran a 4:16 junior year outdoor. I have done a lot of research on this, so if you want to tell me more about your times and academics, I can give you some thoughts. PM me if you want. Do you also run cross country?</p>
<p>Duke is pretty weak school in track, but they are getting somewhat stronger in the distance events. This year they brought in Chris Spooner, who was an 8:56 two miler in high school. They also have a 14:45 5K guy, but after that are basically the annual celler-dwellers of the ACC. They scored only 5 points at the ACC meet this year - 3 from Spooner and the other two from their heptathlete.
I had a friend who went there two years ago (Dan King) for track, and while at one point he was the Massachusetts record holder in the 300m (34.93 his junior year, he has been injured ever since attending Duke. I don't know if that says anything about their training, but he had a lot of potential - 21.90 in the 200 as a junior, 34.93 in the 300 as a junior (35.02 as a senior) and 48.92 in the 400 as a senior - and I haven't heard anything from him in two years now.</p>
<p>EDIT: Are you looking at colleges for track or academics? I originally wanted to go ACC for track, but I wanted a good academic school as well and I knew I couldn't get into Duke academically. I was talking to Coach Fish at Wake Forest since the middle of my junior year, but he got fired and that went to hell. I was also told to look at Clemson for a while, but there's no way I'd ever make their team and their academics are below what I was looking for.
Right now I'm like 99% sure I'm going to Davidson. Their team is almost exactly like Duke's, but they brought in a new sprints/jumps coach who is regarded as one of the best in the country and are looking to improve. At Davidson I'd be far and away their best sprinter and jumper (and it's far and away better academically than Wake Forest), at Wake Forest, I don't even know if I'd be top 3 in my primary event. Assuming I get into both schools, it's going to be a real tough decision in April.</p>
<p>Hey, Iammike, are you out there? What are your times?</p>
<p>I am only Freshman and started running last winter (indoor). I ran 6:30 the first meet, 5:56 the second meet, 5:30 the third one. I know im slow...and i dont know i should continue running because look at those kids in HS Track Boards... They run 4:50 as Freshman...im sure u guys run like that too. After i read u guy's posts, i realized i will get no scholarship for doing track. i mean...isnt it too late to start? I have a dream. I want to become a vet so i have to study hard. But my academics are pretty bad because i am a Korean who lived in Japan for 10 years and can't even speak English well. (i came to US last year and u can tell by reading this bad sentance lol). There are 30 miler in my team and im the 3rd fastest one. My coach saids i got potential but i dont think so. Should i continue rinning or focus on studing because its hard me to recruited.</p>
<p>By the way, how much did u guys improve during Fresh to Junior? Im still small. And i weight 102 pounds lol. I know i have to train hard... WHAT SHOULD I DO? THANKS.</p>
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I am only Freshman and started running last winter (indoor). I ran 6:30 the first meet, 5:56 the second meet, 5:30 the third one. I know im slow...and i dont know i should continue running because look at those kids in HS Track Boards... They run 4:50 as Freshman
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First, I would not recommend running track as an EC for college or to try to get a scholarship ... run because you love to run (the same for any HS EC).</p>
<p>Second, 5:30 indoor for a freshman is not bad at all (especially if this is your first season of track) ... outdoor times tend to be faster and you probably will be near 5:00 this spring which is very good for a freshman. I ran 5:01 as a freshman and was in the 4:20s by my senior year and while not scholarship material I certainly had a lot fun, success, a college hook, and the ability to run at DIII and lower DI schools</p>
<p>4.20? Are u serious? I respect you guys that u can also study.</p>
<p>With a 4:20 I'm suprised you didn't get a scholarship anywhere. 4:18 is the outdoor national rankings and it's slower indoors (4:24?). No colleges were recruiting you? I'm very suprised.</p>
<p>im very surprised too lol</p>
<p>yeah for mile times...ya gotta be faster than 5:30, faster than 4:45 to get into DI and run.</p>
<p>Look at DIII</p>
<p>Need 4:45 to get into DIII?</p>
<p>4:45 may be ok. check out college websites.</p>
<p>thats gonna be tough...</p>
<p>lol well iammike you have a good shot... i mean sure ur time right now is around 5 30 but that can be manipulated so easily, if ur dedicated and watch ur training very carefully as to avoid injuries by next year u can run under 5 min.... also another thing to consider is that ur still very small at 102, so maybe u still have some more developing to do. but dont give up a 5: 30 mile isn't bad, however a 5 30 freshman year and then only improving 20 seconds thats bad. so all you need is dedication and next year u will brake the 5 min barrier.</p>